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...Burns is something of a pioneer. An avid hiker who likes to spend time at her North Carolina cabin, she became the first female CFO of a major airline two years ago, after becoming the first woman partner in the Atlanta office of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. "Most airlines echo the military structure, where many of the executives used to come from," she says, "but Delta has evolved into an organization that you might say is more welcoming to a female style. We reach across the company and use a team approach. And we don't follow the chain...
...most seasons, the Lolo is passable only from July to mid-September. At the Lolo Pass (elev.: 5,233 ft.), the Forest Service is building a log cabin and a warming hut that will serve as a Lewis and Clark interpretive center when finished later this year...
...worldwide slowdown in business travel, airlines are jetting ahead with long-term plans to upgrade their business-class perks. The reason: they don't want to be left behind when the sector takes off again. Cathay Pacific spokesman Patrick Garrett admits that investing in luxury touches like an in-cabin cocktail bar while the economy takes a nosedive seems counterintuitive, but it's the only way to keep patrons coming back. "Business class is the most competitive market, an airline's biggest profit earner and comprises the most demanding customers," says Garrett...
...restaurant-style gourmet meals?why bother with first class? "We worry that business class is cannibalizing our first class," says Singapore Airlines' manager of product development, Sim Kim Chui. "But ultimately our first-class passengers seek the exclusivity and space that comes from being one of 12 in a cabin, not one of 50." These days, however, even second class is first-rate...
...monitors everything from airport decor (blue terrazzo wins out over carpet) to the number of public-address announcements. Pasta warmers and $330 wine-bottle openers don't rate even a question from Bethune, but he can wax enthusiastic over bigger luggage bins and more elbow room in the cabin. "Come back and look at this," he says eagerly, pointing out that 9 of every 10 seats on the new 767 are on an aisle or a window. "We found out customers would rather have an empty center seat" than have more leg room, he says, "so our seats...